Or, it could mean that while intelligence contained in the dossier was believed to be true and reliable - it was drafted in such a way as to make the case against Saddam Hussein as strong as possible, he said.

"If the term is used in the latter sense...it could be said the government "sexed up" the dossier," Lord Hutton added.

But this was not the meaning of Mr Gilligan's broadcast, he concluded.

Mr Campbell has always denied he was responsible for the release of Dr Kelly's name into the public domain.

Although Mr Campbell said in evidence to the inquiry that he believed the naming of Dr Kelly would assist the government's position.

Lord Hutton found there was no "dishonourable or underhand or duplicitous strategy by the government to covertly leak Dr Kelly's name to the media".